Labor can really feel mysterious, overwhelming, and stuffed with conflicting recommendation. On this episode, Deb sits down with board-certified OB-GYN and IBCLC Dr. Jennifer Lincoln to separate truth from fiction and talk about what each expectant dad or mum ought to know earlier than giving beginning. Drawing from her new e-book, The Delivery E book, Dr. Lincoln affords evidence-based steering to assist mother and father strategy labor with better confidence, flexibility, and understanding.
Collectively, they discover widespread misconceptions about labor, the aim of a beginning plan, ache administration choices, and the way motion—together with yoga—can assist the physique throughout being pregnant and beginning. Dr. Lincoln additionally shares sensible recommendation on advocating for your self within the hospital, making ready for the realities of postpartum, and the way companions can play a significant function all through the beginning expertise. This dialog is filled with reassuring, accessible data to assist mother and father really feel knowledgeable—not intimidated—as they put together to welcome their child.
On this episode, we talk about:
- Frequent myths and misconceptions about labor and beginning
- How beginning has modified over the years- and what which means for right this moment’s mother and father
- The aim of a beginning plan and staying versatile when plans change
- Ache administration choices and understanding your decisions
- The function of motion and yoga in making ready for labor
- Proof-based methods to organize in the course of the third trimester
- Self-advocacy and speaking together with your care staff
- What companions can do to offer significant assist
- Postpartum realities that usually catch new mother and father unexpectedly
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About Dr. Jennifer
Dr. Jennifer Lincoln is a board-certified OB-GYN, OB Hospitalist, and Worldwide Board Licensed Lactation Guide (IBCLC) based mostly in Portland, Oregon. She is enthusiastic about making evidence-based reproductive and beginning training accessible by her partaking social media platforms, the place she helps break down myths and cut back stigma surrounding being pregnant, beginning, and reproductive well being. Dr. Lincoln is the writer of The Delivery E book, a sensible information designed to assist mother and father higher perceive labor, supply, and postpartum. She lives together with her husband, a pediatrician, and their two younger sons.
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